Where does “puukiuas” come from?

puukiuas (Finnish) comes from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

puukiuas (Finnish): wood-fired sauna stove

Definitions

  1. wood-fired sauna stove

Ancestry of “puukiuas”, step by step

puukiuas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish kiuas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkiuasA sauna stove, traditionally a wood-burning...
2Proto-Finnickiukasastove in a sauna
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →